KR20010044413A - A portable phone having an answer-mail function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A portable phone having a reply mail function is provided to write and send mail contents to be sent if a telephone number to send reply mail is displayed with mail write when a user pushes a confirmation button or a specific button for more than 2 seconds. CONSTITUTION: A control unit sets up a reply mail function among the menu items displayed by a user(310,312). Afterward if mail is received(314), the user simply pushes a confirmation button or a specific button so that the other side's telephone number can automatically displayed(316). Then the user writes arbitrary mail if he wants to send a new message(320) or reads one of the replay mail messages stored in a memory(322). Then if the user pushes the confirmation button or the specific button, his telephone number is inputted(324). After sending all the reply mail message to the other side through a transmitting part(326), the control unit ends the call(328).

Description

A mobile phone having an answer-mail function}

The present invention relates to a mobile phone equipped with a reply mail function. More specifically, when a mail arrives on a mobile phone, a user can send a mail that he / she wants to send to a mail counterpart by pressing a button, providing a user with convenience and time. The mobile phone is equipped with a reply mail function that minimizes waste.

In general, a mobile phone is divided into an input / output device and a control unit which is a central processing unit. Among them, a duplexer prevents cross signal between the receiving unit and the transmitting unit, and the control unit, various memory chips, and frequency synthesizer. And a transmitter / receiver, a display unit and a key input unit.

On the other hand, the mobile phone is compact and can always carry with the other party and conveniently communicate with the other party. However, in the conventional mobile phone, in order to receive a mail and reply to the received mail, the user often checks the number after writing the mail and sends the number by pressing the number again, causing inconvenience to the user and waste of time.

In addition, there is a problem in terms of protecting personal privacy by failing to send an important fact to the other party by sending a mail by mistake or coming to a mobile phone number.

The problem to achieve the present invention is that when the user presses a certain button (more than 2 seconds) at the key input unit of the mobile phone, the phone number of the person who will send a reply mail with a letter appears, write down the contents of the mail to be sent below The present invention provides a mobile phone equipped with a mail function and a method thereof.

An object of the present invention is to minimize the user's convenience and time waste by sending a reply mail to the counterpart by simply pressing a button when the user receives a mail from the counterpart.

Another object of the present invention, by reducing the error of entering the mobile phone number to the user is that it is possible to protect the privacy of their own and the privacy of the other party with the correct delivery of Mail.

1 is a view showing a mobile phone equipped with a reply mail function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a mobile phone equipped with a reply mail function according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a specific procedure of a reply mail function according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of delivering a reply mail of a mobile phone according to the present invention.

※ Explanation of code for main part of drawing

111: antenna 112: duplexer

114: speaker 116: receiving unit

118: frequency synthesizer 120: transmitter

122: microphone 124: control unit

126: display unit 128: key input unit

130: memory

A mobile phone equipped with a reply mail function according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a process of setting and receiving a reply mail function and a predetermined mail message to be used in a menu item of the mobile phone, and receiving and receiving the mail. When it is characterized in that the confirmation or by pressing a specific button (2 seconds or more) to automatically send a reply mail.

The predetermined reply mail message may be formed by a method for automatically sending an automatic reply mail, characterized in that the user-defined message or a pre-stored Mail message.

In addition, a mobile phone that provides an automatic reply mail function includes a display unit for displaying menu items, a menu for displaying a reception mode, a predetermined mail message, a memory for storing a counterpart phone number of a received mail message, and a key input corresponding to a key input. Setting a reply mail function to an item, storing a predetermined reply mail message and a mail sender's phone number in the memory, and reading a reply mail message or sending a user-defined reply mail message stored in the memory when a mail is received; It is assumed to include a control unit.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing a mobile phone equipped with a reply mail function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile phone 110 is generally divided into an input / output device 114 and 122 and a control unit 124 which is a central processing unit. Mail transmitted from the upper and lower sides is displayed on the display unit 126 and writes the reply mail. In order to compose the Mail by pressing the key input unit 128, the other party's telephone number is input and transmitted to communicate with the other party.

When the mail is received, the mobile phone 110 equipped with the reply mail function checks when the reply mail function is set in the menu bar (210 steps) (step 212) or by pressing only one specific button (128) (step 216). When the Write (Relative Phone Number) field appears, it refers to a mobile phone invented so that a reply mail (step 218) can be sent without writing a new Mail or reading an existing Mail message without checking the other party's phone number.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a mobile phone equipped with a reply mail function according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the duplexer 112 receives a radio signal from the antenna 111 and outputs the radio signal to the receiver 116, and outputs a signal received from the transmitter 120 to the antenna 111. The receiver 116 synthesizes a radio signal received from the duplexer 112 and a carrier removal signal received from the frequency synthesizer 118 and outputs the synthesized signal to the speaker 114 or the controller 124. Here, the duplexer 112 is a component that prevents crosstalk between mutual signals of the receiver and the transmitter.

The frequency synthesizing unit 118 generates and outputs a reception carrier removal signal to the reception unit 116 under the control of the control unit 124, and generates and outputs a transmission carrier to the transmission unit 120. The transmitter 120 receives a voice signal to be transmitted from the microphone 122 under the control of the controller 124, synthesizes a transmission carrier received from the frequency synthesizer 118, and outputs the synthesized carrier to the duplexer 112. The memory 130 automatically stores a program memory for storing data necessary for controlling the device of the controller 124, a data memory for storing data generated during a control operation of the controller 124, and several mail messages, and a counterpart phone number. It consists of memory. In this case, the program memory stores menus and display data displayed on the display unit 126, and the key input unit 128 generates key data corresponding to a key desired by the user and outputs the generated key data to the controller 124.

The control unit 124 controls the overall operation of the device, and in particular, displays the menu function on the display unit 126 in response to the key input that the user inputs to the key input unit 128, and also automatically responds to the menu item by the user. Set up a function and a user-defined reply mail and store it in the memory 130, and upon reception, read or store a new mail in the memory 130 and output it to the transmitter 120. FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a specific procedure of a reply mail function according to the present invention.

First, the controller 124 displays a menu item on the display unit 126 in response to a key input input from the key input unit 128.

The control unit 124 sets the reply mail function among the menu items displayed by the user, and then presses a confirmation or specific button when the mail is received (continued for 2 seconds or more) (step 210). Will float.

In this case, the user may check whether or not the user-defined mail message (step 314), and use the user to read the pre-stored mail (step 218) according to the user's selection, or use the user's new new mail (step 216). .

After the mail is written, when the user inputs his / her number by pressing the confirm button (step 220), the reply mail is transmitted by pressing the confirm button again (step 222).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of delivering a reply mail of a mobile phone according to the present invention.

First, after setting the reply mail function in the menu item (310) (step 312), when the control unit 124 is confirmed that the incoming call to the receiving unit 116 (314), the control unit 114 to confirm by setting the reply mail function (Step 312). Then, when the mail reception occurs (step 314), the user simply presses a confirmation or specific button, and the other party's phone number is automatically displayed and the letter can be written (step 316).

In this case, if the user wants to send a new mail, the user writes a new random mail by the user (step 320), and otherwise reads one of the designated reply mail messages stored in the memory 130 (step 322).

The mail thus created is entered by pressing a confirmation or specific button (step 324).

Subsequently, the controller 124 transmits all the reply mail messages read from the memory 130 to the counterpart through the transmitter 120 (step 326) and ends the call (step 324). In this case, the other party's phone number is stored by the memory 130 and is naturally read.

Therefore, according to the present invention, when a user presses a check or a specific button on the key input unit of the mobile phone for a predetermined time (more than 2 seconds), when the phone number of the person to send a reply mail with a letter appears, the user can send the mail contents to be sent below. As a result, user convenience and time waste can be minimized.

In addition, when a user sends a mail, the user's privacy and the other party's privacy can be protected through accurate delivery of a reply mail by reducing the error of inputting a mobile phone number.

Although the present invention has been described in detail only with respect to the described embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations are possible within the technical scope of the present invention, and such modifications and variations are within the scope of the appended claims. It is natural.

Claims (3)

In the reply mail function of the mobile phone, Setting up and receiving a reply mail function and setting a predetermined mail message to be used in a menu item of the mobile phone; When the mail is received in the process, the automatic reply mail sending method characterized in that to automatically send a reply mail by pressing the confirmation or a specific button (2 seconds or more). The method of claim 1, And the predetermined reply mail message is a user defined message or a pre-stored Mail message. For mobile phones that offer automatic reply mail, A display unit for displaying menu items; A memory for storing a reception mode, a predetermined Mail message, and a telephone number of the other party of the received Mail message; Set a reply mail function to a menu item displayed on the display unit in response to a key input, and store a predetermined reply mail message and a mail sender's telephone number in the memory according to a key, and a predetermined reply mail message stored in the memory when a mail is received. A mobile phone comprising a control unit for sending a read or user defined reply mail message.